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Contemporary Dance
Dance Theatron No.12
KAZAHANA
PLAYHOUSE
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<STAFF>
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Set, Costume and Lighting Designer,
Director and Choreography |
: Teshigawara Saburo |
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Music Advisor, and Assistant Director |
: Miyata Kei |
Original Music and Sound Designer |
: Neil Griffiths |
Associate Lighting Designer |
: Sergio Pessanha |
Stage Manager |
: Jörn Fenske / Shibazaki Dai |
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Artistic Director |
: Maki Asami |
Production Director |
: Miki Yoko |
Sponsor |
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Kirin_Brewery_Co.,Ltd. |
Presenter |
: New National Theatre, Tokyo |
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<CAST>
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Miyata Kei |
Sato Rihoko |
Yoshida Azusa |
Ohno Chisato |
Isabelle Chaffaud |
Brice Desault |
Bruno Péré |
Christophe Dozzi |
Jose Tirado |
Vaclav Kuñes |
Junaid Jemal Sendi |
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<PERFORMANCES>
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February 2005 |
4 (Fri.) |
5 (sat.) |
6 (sun.) |
2:00pm |
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6:00pm |
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7:00pm |
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Doors will open 45 minutes before the
opening of the performance.
Approximate running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
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<ADVANCE TICKETS >
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Available from 10:00a.m., Sunday, December
12, 2004
New National Theatre Tokyo Box Office: +81-3-5352-9999(10:00am-6:00pm)
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese
only)
http://t.pia.co.jp/
http://eee.eplus.co.jp/
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<TICKET PRICES (with tax) >
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Type |
Seat S |
Seat A |
Seat B |
Price |
¥ 6,300 |
¥ 5,250 |
¥ 3,150 |
Seat Z(¥1,500) / Same day student tickets (50% off) is
sold only on the performance day at the Box Office and a part of Ticket
Pia Offices. |
Teshigawara Saburo will
present his new work KAZAHANA, from Japan to the rest of
the world. The dance is sure to impress viewers with its body expression
brimming with finely honed senses, surprise and unexpectedness.
Once again it is the Playhouse that brings the audience the performance
that the world has been eagerly looking forward to.
Kazahana means "snowflakes fluttering with the wind in the blue
sky." This is a word and also an image that makes one feel something
extraordinary or a supreme moment. There is a moment when the chaotic
world is swept away. Nobody knows when such a moment comes. KAZAHANA
highlights forms and formless dance created by transient beauty
and ultimate strength.
Life never stops, as it blends with the universe
around it. Life has an infinite relationship of cooperation with
the environment. It is the endless coming and going of energy.
There
is a moment when life that never stops (cannot stop) seems to stop
momentarily.
Teshigawara Saburo
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Production KARAS/Miyata Kei
coproduction : Lille 2004 - European
Capital of Culture / Lille Opera LILLE 2004
KAZAHANA was first performed at France’s Opéra
de Lille on May 28 and 29, 2004. The forthcoming production
is the premiere of its revised version.
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KAZAHANA
photo:Ravi Deepres
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Teshigawara Saburo
photo:Ravi Deepres
Set, Costume and Lighting Designer,
Directer and Choreography
Teshigawara Saburo
Dancer, choreographer and stage director. He established
the KARAS theatre company with Miyata Kei in 1985. He won
a prize at an international dancing and choreography competition
in France in 1986. By taking a completely new direction, which
was neither an imitation of Western art nor the taking over
of traditional Japanese dancing, he suddenly attracted the
attention of European dancing circles. Since then, together
with his theatre company, he has been invited to perform at
theatres and international art festivals in major European
and North American cities each year. His relentless pursuit
of artistic beauty as well as unparalleled dancing abilities
have won the highest praise and support, exerting tremendous
influences on the dancing world. In recent years, he has been
invited by prominent European ballet, such as Frankfurt Ballet
and Netherlands Dance Theater˜T, to create many new works
that have become part of their repertoire. As exemplified
by film and video productions, by collaborations with musicians
and other artists as well as by educational projects targeted
at youths, a wide range of his artistic activities and a high
level of his theatrical expression are highly rated throughout
the world. His important works are Ishi no Hana, NOIJECT,
Absolute Zero and Luminous(Asahi Performing Arts
Award). In 2000, Raj Packet-everything but Ravi (performed
at NNTT) won both the Dance Critics Society Award and the
Nimura Dance Award, and in 2002 he received Asahi Performing
Arts Award again for his performance Raj Packet 2. In
2003, he became the first Japanese to choreograph AIR, winning
the highest praises at the Paris Opera Ballet, putting him
at the forefront of the world's dance scene.
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